Enrollment Trends at Alcorn State

The student population at Alcorn State University is 2,995 (2,532 undergraduate and 463 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 523 (14.87%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Alcorn State is 84.54% which is decreased by 379 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 144 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 48 male students for every 100 female students, down from 53 in 2015.
642 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 100.63% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,296 where 2,995 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 3,716 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,894 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,518 to 2,995 students, a net loss of 523 (14.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Alcorn State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,518	2,911	1,046	1,865	607	180	427
2016-17	3,420 -98	2,825 -86	1,026 -20	1,799 -66	595 -12	182 2	413 -14
2017-18	3,716 296	3,172 347	1,140 114	2,032 233	544 -51	160 -22	384 -29
2018-19	3,658 -58	3,173 1	1,135 -5	2,038 6	485 -59	135 -25	350 -34
2019-20	3,523 -135	3,069 -104	1,090 -45	1,979 -59	454 -31	134 -1	320 -30
2020-21	3,230 -293	2,729 -340	929 -161	1,800 -179	501 47	121 -13	380 60
2021-22	3,074 -156	2,533 -196	853 -76	1,680 -120	541 40	132 11	409 29
2022-23	2,933 -141	2,431 -102	808 -45	1,623 -57	502 -39	135 3	367 -42
2023-24	2,894 -39	2,432 1	813 5	1,619 -4	462 -40	141 6	321 -46
2024-25	2,995 101	2,532 100	836 23	1,696 77	463 1	140 -1	323 2
Average	3,296	2,781	968	1,813	515	146	369

Alcorn State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,781 where 2,532 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Alcorn State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,911	2,556	949	1,607	355	97	258
2016-17	2,825	2,589	950	1,639	236	76	160
2017-18	3,172	2,893	1,052	1,841	279	88	191
2018-19	3,173	2,855	1,036	1,819	318	99	219
2019-20	3,069	2,729	971	1,758	340	119	221
2020-21	2,729	2,345	803	1,542	384	126	258
2021-22	2,533	2,131	739	1,392	402	114	288
2022-23	2,431	2,021	691	1,330	410	117	293
2023-24	2,432	1,966	687	1,279	466	126	340
2024-25	2,532	2,058	701	1,357	474	135	339
Average	2,781	2,781	858	1,556	2,781	110	257

Alcorn State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 515 where 463 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Alcorn State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	607	201	89	112	406	91	315
2016-17	595	199	81	118	396	101	295
2017-18	544	190	65	125	354	95	259
2018-19	485	154	51	103	331	84	247
2019-20	454	161	60	101	293	74	219
2020-21	501	163	40	123	338	81	257
2021-22	541	171	56	115	370	76	294
2022-23	502	173	63	110	329	72	257
2023-24	462	172	73	99	290	68	222
2024-25	463	182	69	113	281	71	210
Average	515	515	65	112	515	81	258

Alcorn State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.50% and the percentage of black students is 95.83% at Alcorn State University. 0.07% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 0.57% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 3.16% to 1.50%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.31% to 0.07%. Black student enrollment increased from 91.30% to 95.83%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.31% to 0.57%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.0815 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.1650 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alcorn State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	1	11	3,212	11	9	111	66
2016-17	2	6	3,096	28	11	114	49
2017-18	7	6	3,362	30	10	110	54
2018-19	7	7	3,345	24	12	98	0
2019-20	4	9	3,229	16	15	90	0
2020-21	2	9	2,925	27	1	72	54
2021-22	4	8	2,828	27	15	92	0
2022-23	9	3	2,775	24	14	65	0
2023-24	5	1	2,752	18	9	62	0
2024-25	3	2	2,870	17	5	45	0
Average	4	6	3,039	22	10	86	22

Alcorn State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

642 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 100.63% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Alcorn State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,518	320	1,343	1,855
2016-17	3,420	456	1,715	1,249
2017-18	3,716	430	2,113	1,173
2018-19	3,658	455	2,076	1,127
2019-20	3,523	550	2,176	797
2020-21	3,230	526	1,843	861
2021-22	3,074	546	1,658	870
2022-23	2,933	599	1,681	653
2023-24	2,894	609	1,707	578
2024-25	2,995	642	1,762	591
Average	3,296	513	1,807	975

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Enrollment Trends at Alcorn State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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